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  • App For Heidenhain’s In-House Magazine

    App For Heidenhain’s In-House Magazine

    Klartext, the in-house magazine published biannually by HEIDENHAIN to present to manufacturers and end users the capabilities of its TNC control systems and probes, is now available as an app for mobile devices. It can be downloaded for Android and Apple devices via their respective online stores.
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  • New agent for WELE

    New agent for WELE

    Whitehouse Machine Tools has been appointed, with immediate effect, sole agent to sell and service in the UK and Ireland the full range of machine tools manufactured by WELE Mechatronic.
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  • 5-AXIS MACHINING OF LARGE AUTOMOTIVE TOOLS

    5-AXIS MACHINING OF LARGE AUTOMOTIVE TOOLS

    Over the last 18 months, Asquith Butler, a long-established British machine tool manufacturer synonymous with its range of large capacity, travelling gantry (vertical) and travelling column (horizontal) machining centres, has become the exclusive UK distributor for a range of high quality machining centres from three European manufacturers, Zayer, Sahos and Mubea Systems.
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  • Bowers Group Joins Silverstone Technology Cluster

    Bowers Group is delighted to announce that it has joined the Silverstone Technology Cluster, based at Silverstone Racing Circuit, Northamptonshire. Established to support the growth of the high-tech cluster, and attract investment to the region, the Silverstone Technology Cluster is a not-for-profit organisation.
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  • Mitsubishi Electric Has Launched A Hyper Fast CNC Controller

    The new C80 CNC CPU unit mounts alongside an iQ-R Series PLC’s existing modules, allowing nanometre scale control over machine tool functions.
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  • Industry 4.0 How to take advantage with Tornos TISIS

    Industry 4.0 How to take advantage with Tornos TISIS

    Today, we hear a lot about Industry 4.0, the industrial revolution that is going to digitise production and completely change our current era of manufacturing.
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  • Hainbuch To Introduce a Host of New Technologies at MACH 2016

    Hainbuch To Introduce a Host of New Technologies at MACH 2016

    On Stand 5219 at MACH 2016, Hainbuch will be introducing a plethora of new products from its vast array of workholding and automation solutions.
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  • Machine buying rush at open house

    Machine buying rush at open house

    XYZ Machine Tools’ open houses continue to draw in customers both old and new, with the recent event held at its Sheffield showroom continuing that trend.
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  • SCHUNK offers Performance Promise

    SCHUNK offers Performance Promise

    The SCHUNK standard Chuck Jaws range is recognised as the world’s most comprehensive series, comprising of over 1,200 different jaw types.
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  • Favorit - For big demands and small budgets

    Favorit - For big demands and small budgets

    This CNC universal cylindrical grinding machine is designed for grinding both sin-gle part and series production and can be fitted with automation.
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  • Mazak Takes Five Lasers And Two Automation Solutions To EuroBLECH

    Mazak Takes Five Lasers And Two Automation Solutions To EuroBLECH

    Yamazaki Mazak is taking five state-of-the-art laser cutting machines and two automation solutions to EuroBLECH 2018. The standout machine is a new model of the OPTIPLEX 3015 6kW DDL (Direct Diode Laser), a high-speed and high-accuracy machine that offers laser users a step-change in cutting performance.
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  • Sawing to success

    Sawing to success

    East Sussex based Saws UK have been trading for over 25 years, offering all types of industrial bandsaws and metal cutting band saws to suit a variety of applications. Their trade mark Alligator Bandsaws and Alligator Bandsaw Blades has been established as a leading saw brand for many years.
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  • Event Links Suppliers And Buyers

    GF Machining Solutions showroom facility in Coventry hosted the GTMA’s ‘Meet the Toolmaker’ event. Held during February 2017, in partnership with BPF (British Plastics Federation), the popular event once again provided a conduit between some of the UK’s most pro-active tool making specialists
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  • CNC International Provides the Spark for Oil & Gas Subcontractor

    CNC International Provides the Spark for Oil & Gas Subcontractor

    Carving your own niche in the subcontract manufacturing sector is something that many will boast, but in reality, there is always a company snapping at the heels offering the same service.
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  • Investment Continues at ITC

    With a trajectory of continual growth, Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC) has now invested in two more grinding centres to increase its capacity for cutting tool production.
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  • New Service From Hyfore Proves A Winner

    A new and innovative prototyping and prove out service now being offered by Coventry-based Hyfore Engineering is being used by a range of manufacturers who will benefit from the integration of skills and processes coupled with cost savings for product.
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  • Sumitomo exhibition successes

    Sumitomo exhibition successes

    Major product launches at international machine tool venues JIMTOF2018 in Japan, AMB2018 Stuttgart and IMTS 2018 Chicago from Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal featured important developments in Cubic Boron Nitride (CBN) and Polycrystalline Boron Nitride (PCBN) for hard turning, plus new milling inserts and drill range extensions.
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  • Near-Record Sales For Hurco

    Near-Record Sales For Hurco

    At its busy open house in High Wycombe during December 2016 and in the immediate aftermath, Hurco Europe took orders for 12 vertical machining centres to the value of £800,000.
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  • Ajax Brings An Evolution in Turning to MACH 2016

    Ajax Brings An Evolution in Turning to MACH 2016

    MACH 2016 will be the promotional platform for Ajax Machine Tools to introduce its exciting line of Evolution 3 lathes whilst inviting customers to its Stand 5194 to celebrate the company’s 75 year anniversary
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  • Faster start-up with new MELFA FR robot series

    Faster start-up with new MELFA FR robot series

    Mitsubishi Electric’s new industrial robot series combines reduced cycle times with scalable safety features and offers versatile connectivity options for easy integration into production systems.
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Interviews & Opinion

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The cheapest unit of energy is the one you do not consume

New report reveals vital considerations to mitigate soaring commercial energy prices

With much volatility and uncertainty in the energy market today, partially due to the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, businesses must remain agile when it comes to monitoring and managing their energy.

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Why The Future Of Industrial Automation Needs Tsn

There is a lot of hype about one of the most significant and transformational developments in standard Ethernet technology
 
Jeremy Shinton, Product Manager for Edge Computing Technologies at Mitsubishi Electric, looks at how TSN-compatible automation components can create agile and futureproof factories.